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Microsoft Makes Tentative ‘Halo’ Film Deal

Microsoft and the Creative Artists Agency have reached a tentative agreement with Universal and Fox for the film rights to the Xbox video game "Halo." The deal was reportedly a major step down for Microsoft from its initial demands for…

Exchange 2003 Standard 16GB Limit: Good Riddance

Possibly the biggest improvement introduced with the upcoming service pack 2 for Exchange Server 2003 is the lifting of the 16BG store limit for the Standard version.  SP2 adds a 75GB limit.   This is great news for those of us…

Busy November Ahead for Microsoft

Microsoft confirmed on Tuesday at Tech Ed that it is planning to launch Visual Studio 2005, SQL Server 2005 and BizTalk Server 2006 this year, specifically the week of November 7. [Via Microsoft Watch from Mary Jo Foley]

Workshare Delivers Enhanced DM for SharePoint

Workshare, a provider of document integrity solutions, has introduced integration between Workshare Professional 4.0 and Microsoft’s SharePoint Products and Technologies, providing single master tracking and enabling the secure sharing of documents inside and outside of the perimeter…. [Via CMSwire]

Messaging Hygiene at Microsoft

Detailed discussion on how Microsoft IT manages the large quantities of unwanted e-mail (a.k.a. spam) and malware-infected messages in its inbound Internet e-mail traffic. [Via Microsoft Download Center]

Nortel readies Outlook multimedia plug-in

Computerworld | Nortel readies Outlook multimedia plug-in: "Nortel Networks reached out to enterprises with multimedia communications software on Monday, announcing a plug-in for Microsoft Outlook to let companies integrate voice and other forms of communication with the widely used e-mail…